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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2009
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Dale J. Retter, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Keshav D. Bandekar, Kandivali (W), Mumbai 400067, IN;
Inventors:
Dale J. Retter, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Keshav D. Bandekar, Kandivali (W), Mumbai 400067, IN;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A translator is provided for reading the bar codes displayed on the screen of a portable electronic device which utilizes a digital camera and/or a microphone responsive to tones from the portable electronic device to process and convert the information received from the camera and/or the microphone to a form readable by a reflective bar code reader without requiring any modification of the bar code reader.